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Focal Point, Volume 04 Number 01, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Focal Point, Volume 04 Number 01, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Research and Training Center - Focal Point
Improving collaboration between parents ,family members and professionals has recently become a central theme in efforts to improve services for children c.md adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders. In this issue, conceptual issues and practical applications of parent-professional collaboration are presented. Here, we examine the rationale for collaboration, some common barriers to effective partnership and key elements that enhance a collaborative relationship. Accompanying articles describe a broad array of activities occurring throughout the country to promote collaboration, support parent organizing efforts, and enhance family support policy and practice.
Focal Point, Volume 03 Number 03, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Focal Point, Volume 03 Number 03, Portland State University. Regional Research Institute
Research and Training Center - Focal Point
We are concerned about parents who have children with emotional disabilities in need of a range of services -- particularly out-of-home placement -- who have, in countless instances, been required to transfer custody of their children to the state for the sole purpose of obtaining necessary services at public expense. This requirement appears to stem, primarily, from the following: (1) a mistaken belief on the part of the state and local officials that federal reimbursement under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act is available only where legal custody of a child has transferred to the state; and or (2) …